First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

KATHIAWAR v BOMBAY Played at Dhrol, February 13, 14, 15, 16, 1948. Match drawn. BOMBAY 1 *K.C.Ibrahim b Jayantilal Vora 79 c Balan Pandit b Girdhari 89 2 B.R.Irani hit wkt b Girdhari 109 c Bhawanishankar b Purshottam 5 3 †M.K.Mantri run out 1 c Harpal Deo b Girdhari 48 4 U.M.Merchant c Balan Pandit b Gandhi 20 c Girdhari b Jayantilal Vora 36 5 M.M.Dalvi b Narottam 6 (6) not out 38 6 M.N.Raiji b Jayantilal Vora 0 (5) c Purshottam b Nyalchand 22 7 P.R.Umrigar c Balan Pandit b Nyalchand 41 not out 1 8 Y.B.Palwankar c Girdhari b Narottam 44 9 V.R.Amladi c Narottam b Jayantilal Vora 20 10 G.M.Guard not out 17 11 K.K.Tarapore c Bhawanishankar b Girdhari 13 Extras 25 15 —— —— 375 (5 wickets, declared) 254 FoW (1): 1-137 (1), 2-139 (3), 3-170 (4), 4-183 (5), 5-184 (6), 6-267, 7-275, 8-326, 9-339, 10-375 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- KATHIAWAR 1 Jayantilal Vora lbw b Umrigar 72 c and b Raiji 66 2 †M.Balan Pandit c Mantri b Guard 0 c sub b Amladi 7 3 K.S.Harpal Deo b Guard 0 4 Bhawanishankar c and b Umrigar 129 not out 5 5 *S.B.Gandhi b Tarapore 27 6 S.K.Girdhari c Mantri b Tarapore 18 7 Purshottam c Raiji b Tarapore 29 8 D.Narottam c Tarapore b Raiji 13 9 M.Acharya b Umrigar 0 10 K.P.Kesari b Tarapore 12 (3) not out 28 11 S.Nyalchand not out 2 Extras 29 —— —— 331 (2 wickets) 106 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-27, 3-203, 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-331 FoW (2): 1- , 2- Kathiawar Bowling O M R W O M R W Purshottam 15 2 53 0 15 4 47 1 Gandhi 14 5 18 1 Jayantilal Vora 30 6 73 3 (2) 20 6 43 1 Narottam 26 5 54 2 (3) 17 2 64 0 Nyalchand 33 8 64 1 (4) 22 13 24 1 Girdhari 24 4 79 2 (5) 24 3 61 2 Kesari 5 3 9 0 Bombay Bowling O M R W O M R W Guard 19 6 62 2 7 2 13 0 Umrigar 23 9 51 3 3 0 23 0 Amladi 9 2 36 0 7 1 19 1 Tarapore 31.2 4 100 4 Irani 6 2 15 0 (4) 4 0 30 0 Raiji 12 1 38 1 (5) 3 0 7 1 Palwankar (6) 2 0 14 0 Umpires: M.G.Bhave and N.D.Karmarkar. Toss: Bombay Close of Play: 1st day: Bombay (1) 228-5 (Irani 90*, Umrigar 24*); 2nd day: Kathiawar (1) 127-2 (Jayantilal Vora 55*, Bhawanishankar 68*); 3rd day: Bombay (2) 57-1 (Ibrahim 27*, Mantri 22*). Bhawanishankar’s 129 took 170 minutes and included 24 fours and 2 sixes. 90